#archangelsk

Russia.Archangelsk region

Россия.Архангельская область

Red Army prisoners in Archangelsk, guarded by American soldiers, who were present from September 1918 to July 1919.

August 1 1918, Archangelsk--Lenin’s pronouncement that a de facto state of war existed between the Allies and the Bolsheviks seemed to be confirmed only two days later when an Allied fleet showed up off of the northern port of Archangelsk.  The move was little surprise to anyone; in fact, the ill-fated SR uprising in Yaroslavl had been counting on it.  The Bolsheviks had sent a commissar and additional troops north to deal with the threat, but not enough.  The coastal batteries attempted to shell the Allied fleet, but to little effect.  The senior officers in charge of the defense quickly realized there was little point in resisting, and changed sides.  An anti-Bolshevik "Supreme Administration of the Northern Region,” comprised mainly of socialist Constituent Assembly members, was hastily formed.  The Allies suffered two casualties while taking the port--the closest thing to an opposed landing the Allies would encounter during their intervention in Russia.

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Soviet battleship Archangelsk

She was originally the British battleship HMS Royal Sovereign, and was loaned to Russia in 1944.

Soviet battleship Archangelsk in 1945. Formerly HMS Royal Sovereign, This R-class battleship was loaned to the Russians in 1944, and was reluctantly returned in 1949. After a thorough inspection, it was found that much of her equipment was unserviceable, and she was promptly scrapped.